Team: 2024-25 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 12, 2024

Published: Jun. 12, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

First time posting, so have it at it. Not a lot of unique thinking here, just trying to put it all in one place

Leaf and Ranger fans are going to say that the return on Marner and Trouba isn't enough, but the key returns for both teams are filling needs and cap space - particularly for the Rags (and they're getting a serviceable/retained Murphy in the process... and one year of Marner isn't the goldmine Leafs fans think it is. Not sure if either will wiv the NTC's, so assuming they do, what needs to be added/subtracted to make things work?

Sign Marner for 8 X $11MM (not much of an actual raise, but from a taxation standpoint, Mitch'll be making more actual dough)

Target Tanev as a UFA for one of the RD (I think he was Bedard's favorite player growing up), and then the Hawks will still need one more NHL RD, so I think that KD will weaponize remaining cap space to do that and add some more future draft capital. Open to suggestions.

As for the draft, my current thinking is that the Hawks take Lev at #2 and then move up to #10 or #11 (or so) and pick up one of Catton, Iginla or Sennecke, etc (whomever is available)

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